#CCA53B#CCA53B

#CCA53B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.129 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA53B
RGB	rgb(204, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 3.41, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 57.89, 86.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0042 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.129 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1486, 40.0659, 9.8083)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA53B #3B62CC

analogous

#CC5D3B #CCA53B #ABCC3B

triadic

#CCA53B #3BCCA5 #A53BCC

tetradic

#CCA53B #3BCC5D #3B62CC #CC3BAB

square

#CCA53B #3BCC5D #3B62CC #CC3BAB

split-complementary

#CCA53B #3BABCC #5D3BCC

monochromatic

#70591D #A0802A #CCA53B #D9BB6C #E5D29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CCA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#CCA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA53B

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA53B	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.129 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf77',
    500: '#cca53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca53b;
$custom-light: #e0bf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.862,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73852,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA53B

secondary

#92A3D1

accent

#70E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA53B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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